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    Máiréad "Peig" Sayers (/ˌpɛɡ ˈseɪərz/; 29 March 1873 – 8 December 1958) was an Irish author and seanchaí (pronounced [ˈʃan̪ˠəxiː] or [ʃan̪ˠəˈxiː]) born...
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    summer of 1934, Máire Bean Nic Gearailt as she was then, who had known Peig Sayers, put the idea into the old woman's head to write a memoir. According...
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    is dramatic cliff scenery, with a view of the Blasket Islands, where Peig Sayers lived. A museum in the village tells the story of the Blaskets and the...
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  • sessions are not as common now as they were in the past. In her book Peig, Peig Sayers notes that when she was young they often attended sessions at people's...
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    Irish, exemplified by the influential works of Blasket Islanders such as Peig Sayers, Muiris Ó Súilleabháin and Tomás Ó Criomhthain. Kerry is the fifth largest...
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  • Marguerite Sayers, BE CEng FIEI, President for Engineers Ireland Mark Sayers, Computer hacker Michael Sayers, Irish poet and author Peig Sayers, Irish author...
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    (Island cross-talk) by Tomás Ó Criomhthain, Peig and Machnamh Seanamhná (An Old Woman's Reflections) by Peig Sayers, Fiche Blian ag Fás (Twenty Years A-Growing)...
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    the old village. The home of Muiris Ó Súilleabháin is now in ruins but Peig Sayers' second home on the island has been restored. The home of Tomás Ó Criomhthain...
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    from the west coast, exemplified by the work of Tomás Ó Criomhthain and Peig Sayers. Máiréad Ní Ghráda wrote numerous successful plays often influenced by...
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  • and his works include an English translation of Peig, the Irish-language autobiography of Peig Sayers. MacMahon was born on 29 September 1909 to parents...
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